Everyone expressed their opinions, and there were some interesting voices among them: "If I were Zhang Wuji, of course I'd want them all!"
Everyone was engrossed in deep analysis of the plot and bold speculation about the characters' fates, discussing with great enthusiasm.
As the first two episodes of the heaven sword and dragon saber concluded on the night of January 1st, the first day's results were fresh out and quite impressive.
Yanjing and Blue TV, like two gods of war on the box office battlefield, strongly dominated the top two spots in simultaneous viewership with high ratings of 3.41 and 3.43 respectively.
The opening score on the premiere day was as high as 8.9 points. Many viewers believed that such a high score was closely related to the two moving theme songs in the drama, as the official plot had only just begun to unfold and had not yet fully developed.
This achievement made the major TV stations once again feel the fear of being dominated by Tianxing Entertainment's wuxia dramas, and according to past experience, this "fear" is expected to last for more than a month.
On the same day, the songs ""sword like a dream"" and "Love the Country More Than Beauty" undoubtedly joined the fierce competition for the January 2014 new song chart.
This news was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves in the Chinese music scene, which had been silent for several months, making many musicians suspicious.
They kept muttering to themselves, did this mean that Su Yu, the "overlord" of the lyric and music world, was about to start a new round of dominating the new song season?
It's no wonder they were so jumpy and on edge. After all, Su Yu's past illustrious "achievements" in the music scene brought pressure and shadows to his competitors that couldn't be dispelled in a short time.
Moreover, the annual Spring Festival Gala was also approaching. Last year's Spring Festival Gala, Su Yu, by himself, released ten new songs in one go, monopolizing half of the Spring Festival Gala song stages and astonishing the entire country.
This year, everyone was secretly speculating what kind of surprise Su Yu would bring?
Just as the musicians in the Chinese music scene were falling into "persecutory delusion," Su Yu received a call at home from the General Director of this year's Spring Festival Gala program group.
This year's Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala is scheduled to be held grandly on the evening of January 30th, and the selection and preparation work for the song stages have just begun.
It's worth mentioning that this year's Spring Festival Gala director is no longer the promoted Gao Feng, nor is the General Director Zhang Guoshi, but rather Ma Da, a well-known director under Jusha Entertainment.
Although Ma Da is a director signed by Jusha Entertainment and holds a small number of shares in the company, his attitude was extremely polite when calling Su Yu.
After all, they are both "old hands" who have been in the entertainment industry for many years. Ma Da knew very well that he couldn't intentionally target Su Yu because of the competition between Jusha Entertainment and Tianxing Entertainment.
He knew that if he did so, he would definitely be the one to suffer in the end.
If Su Yu, in a fit of anger, "threw in the towel" and refused to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage, and CCTV executives pursued the matter, he, the General Director, would definitely be reprimanded.
Although Ma Da's position in the entertainment industry is not low, compared to Su Yu, he is far behind.
"Teacher Su Yu, hello! I am Ma Da, the General Director of this Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala. I apologize for calling you abruptly, but I wanted to discuss matters related to this Spring Festival Gala with you. Do you have time for us to meet and chat?"
On the other end of the phone, Ma Da's voice was gentle, completely devoid of his usual domineering demeanor in the entertainment industry.
"Director Ma, you also know that I am quite straightforward in my work. If you have any ideas or arrangements, feel free to speak directly. As long as there are no major problems, I will still participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala," Su Yu replied succinctly.
Su Yu didn't particularly like or dislike Ma Da. This person certainly had talent and had made many good works, but Su Yu really couldn't compliment his character.
However, with Ma Da directing the Spring Festival Gala this time, Su Yu could choose not to give Ma Da personal face, but he still had to give face to the Spring Festival Gala, unless Ma Da acted like a big shot and intentionally targeted Tianxing Entertainment's artists and singers, in which case Su Yu would not let him off easily.
"Hahaha, Teacher Su Yu is indeed as generous as the rumors say! Then I'll be direct. I can give you six slots for song stages, and this doesn't include your own performance stage. I hope you can understand me, as I also need to appropriately allocate slots to major entertainment companies like Giant Shark, Qunxing, and Haiyang. But don't worry, your seven slots are definitely the most!"
Ma Da explained with a smile.
He clearly knew how popular Su Yu's works were; last year's Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala was the best proof. Zhang Guoshi's great success was largely due to Su Yu's ten works.
Ma Da was also a person who cared about face and reputation. He considered himself no worse than Zhang Guoshi, so continuing to use Su Yu's works was an unavoidable choice for him.
"Okay, within a week, I will submit the relevant plans for the seven song stages to the program group. For the subsequent stage arrangements and other matters, I'll trouble you, Director Ma, to put in more effort."
Su Yu didn't expect Ma Da to be so generous. Although the number of Spring Festival Gala stages this year was less than last year, being able to get six slots besides his own was already very rare, so Su Yu naturally had no complaints.
It doesn't matter if there aren't enough slots; just arrange more chorus songs.
This year, Su Yu was determined to have Bi Huo, Xue Qing, SSR Girl Group, Gong Juren, and others appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
"No problem! Then I'll look forward to Teacher Su Yu's new works! Speaking of which, I'm not only your movie fan but also your loyal music fan. I like your "the smiling, proud wanderer" the most; that martial arts flavor is absolutely amazing, it's a masterpiece! Tonight's ""sword like a dream"" also made my blood boil..."
Ma Da praised Su Yu profusely on the phone, and Su Yu, left with no choice, had to hang up.
He secretly sighed to himself, this was completely different from the rumored Ma Da, who was arrogant and snapped at everyone. Where was that person's temper?
In fact, before receiving this call, Su Yu had already prepared alternative songs for the Spring Festival Gala. Now that the slots were confirmed, he decided to start rehearsals tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Su Yu announced the Spring Festival Gala news in the Music Department group.
This time, Su Yu not only planned to have Bi Huo, Xue Qing, and others appear on the Spring Festival Gala, but he also wanted to arrange for Sun Daqiang, Sun Xiaoxiao, Gong Juren, and Wang Meiling, these newcomers who had become popular across the country in the television drama field, to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
After all, over the past year, their performance in the TV drama circle was very impressive, and appearing on the Spring Festival Gala was well-deserved.
Thus, on January 2nd, the Tianxing Entertainment Music Department was bustling with activity, with stars gathered.
Everyone put down their work and gathered together, just to welcome Su Zongjian's Spring Festival Gala arrangements.
In everyone's hearts, no work was more important than appearing on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Even Chen Yixun and Zhang Xiaohan, who were incredibly busy, rushed back, a scene that greatly amazed other Tianxing Entertainment staff.
What surprised everyone the most was that Li Dayue, the former Music Director who had gloriously retired, appeared mysteriously in the Tianxing Entertainment Music Department.
This was truly baffling; was something big about to happen?
For a moment, everyone looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.